Exxon Mobil

ExxonMobil Corp. is one of the world's biggest energy companies, involved in virtually every segment of the energy sector from coal mining and electricity to the production, exploration and marketing of oil and gas.

The company long has enjoyed a close relationship with Congress, successfully lobbying to gain commercial access to federal lands as well as the rollback of several Environmental Protection Agency initiatives deemed unfriendly to the oil industry. Perhaps the company's biggest coup, however, was winning federal support for its very creation. In 1999, lawmakers were initially hesitant to allow Exxon to purchase Mobil because of antitrust concerns, but after heavy lobbying from both sides, not to mention the support of President Bill Clinton, the merger was approved and the nation's No. 1 supplier of gasoline was created. As oil prices have soared in recent year, so have ExxonMobil's profits and executive salaries.

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Members who own Exxon Mobil shares: 47

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Campaign finance totals for the current election cycle were released by the FEC on February 02, 2015 and by the IRS on August 04, 2014, lobbying data was released by the Senate Office of Public Records on February 11, 2015, outside spending data was released by the FEC on March 3, 2015, and PFD data was released by the House, Senate, and US Office of Government Ethics starting in June 2011.

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